Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-05-27
BRIEFS.

VD'' ,,trv is looking Its lovliest now
~ .,.tion is on, the jump since the
,sfreshing rains 49,. .ou
,,r. We congratulate
W, Moore, ST., treasurer of Clarke
county, Va, died last week
w." w.. saturday was pay day on the
., ra vallly Railroad
% Creamery is to be established at
v.rryville, Va, by Mr.. j. L. Davis
' pn,,er is dropping in price. 1t has
IAN selling at y cents a pound here.
t,,,-,insburgis trying to get up big
,,.isSrstiOn for the glorious Fourth of
July. ,
n,,,, fail to attend the lecture on
.In.ssr in Billmyer's Hall next Tues
lsy night
-, can do all sorts of printing at this
Give us a call when you need
Any job work.
hind man in Shepherdstown can
n,hs color of red hot stove simply
by touching it,
p,hlie speaking tonight in Shep-
,,,5,,own BY National Lecture Nor
inner Whitehead.
rbi, term of the Circuit Court is an
,,,sresting one-especially to Shep-
ssrlstown people.
The 18th annual commencement OF
s,o,,r College, at Harper's Ferry, will
axe plsce May SOth.
Nm. T. Bowers has been elected
county superintendent of free schools
for Berkeley county.
Tho fine new Hotel Ruffner at Charles
80 this State, has been closed, and is
now offered for sale.
We understand that several camp
meetings will be held at Shenandoah
Junction this summer.
Il is said that Col. Ward Lamon,
Enown 10 many of our readers, is an
orr.and.out prohibitionist.
The first strawberries Of the season
we're sold in Shepherdstown last Satur-
s,r BY Mr.. j. NJ. Stonebraker.
The Supreme Court of Appeals con
yenes in regular session at wheeling
The second Wednesday in June.
The New Jersey Editorial Association
arranging for an excursion to Luray
sDj the Natural Bridge, in June.
Ten shares of First National Bank
stock were sold at Hagerstown OH Tues
DAYS s?2.ll. The par value is $40.
The cemetery should be gotten in
good shape by decoration day. If all
will take the proper interest 1t can be
done.
Hon. VIM. L. Wilson has accepted an
invitation to address the literary socie-
ties of the Morgantown University on
the 9Th of June.
Edward Randall, the painting evan
gelist, is now distributing tracts in the
vicinity of Lancaster, Pa. He wears a
military uniform.
The Annual Council of the Diocese OF
West Virginia, Protestant Episcopal
Church, meets at Weston on Wednes-
day next, June LIST.
Rev. John Pierkey, for forty years a
minister of the Christian Church, dice
at Winchester on Tuesday. He was
universally beloved.
The bicyclists of Martinsburg have
organized under the name of"West Vir-
ginia Wheelmen." The club will uni
form in gray suits and caps.
Nr. Rein Cross, an old and we'll
known citizen of Harper's Ferry, and
father of G. F. Cross, Esq, died on
Tuesday OF last week, aged So years.
Rev. Dallas Tucker. of Charlestown,
preached in the Episcopal church of
shepherdstown last Sunday, and Rev.
L. r. Mason preached at Charlestown.
The Sixth Interstate Conference and
temperance Training School Of the w.
{. I. L. will be held at Mountain Lake
Park, Maryland, on July 26, p, % and
%.
We are indebted 10 Messrs. j. 5. Nor
gan, OF Kansas City, Mo-, and Mr.. j. ii.
Bowers, OF Chico, California, for copies
Of eWspapers descriptive of those Sec
tons.
Decoration day at Charlestown on
Saturday, June 4th, at IL Il. m. The
Shepherdstown Cornet Band and the
Memorial Association of this place will
attend.
Water was let into the Chesapeake u
OhiO Canal last Sunday and navigation
resumed. The Borden Company, which
stopped shipping coal April 10th. has
Oegun shipments again.
Mr.. Edward G. w. Stake, promi-
hent citizen of Washington county, Nd,
uled last week, aged 70 years. For more
Wan twenty years he was cashier of the
National Bank at Williamsport.
lie timetable of the Cumberland
valley Railroad will be found in this
ISSUE of the REGIsTER-thanks to ar
Engagements made with the clever Gen.
e'aIPassenger Agent, Mr.. II. A. Riddle
The name of the Reformed church OF
nagerstown has been changed from
herman Reformed church," the name
ADOPTED in 1853, TO "Zion's Reformed
CHURCH," the original name Of the con-
sregation.
We are indebted to the invitation com
uiltee Of tho Haoarstown vi Cluh fOf